Teaching Human Health and Water Stewardship using Extended Reality

使用扩展现实教授人类健康和水管理

• 批准号: 10300409
• 负责人: Jessica Ochoa Hendrix
• 金额: $ 83.63万
• 依托单位: KILLER SNAILS LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-15 至 2023-06-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10300409
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PROJECT ABSTRACT It has been reported by the U.S. Environmental Agency that 55% percent of the streams and rivers in the nation are in “poor” condition, posing health risks to fish, other wildlife and humans. As we become more aware of the damage done to our waterways via pollution, overuse and other harmful methods from the industrial revolution (Venter et al., 2016), teaching young students about the importance of water stewardship early is key to informing the way society interacts with and takes care of our water resources. Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) lessons and activities excite young learners and build their confidence and self-efficacy (DeJarnette 2018). This SBIR FastTrack award will enable Killer Snails, LLC to develop an immersive learning experience, WaterWays, which leverages the latest in Extended Reality (XR) technology, paired with authentic assessments, to address the effects of water contaminants on human health, communicate the potential human health risks from exposure to water contaminants, improve environmental health literacy of fresh and saltwater sources, and support citizen science endeavors for children in grades 3-5. The WaterWays experience will align to the Next Generation Science Standards and include qualitative and quantitative assessment mechanisms that provide evidence of learning and teacher feedback. Killer Snails will collaborate with Mount Sinai's Transdisciplinary Center for Early Environmental Exposures, The Wildlife Conservation Society, and New York City's Hudson River Park to create WaterWays featuring the following three integrated components: 1) Augmented reality (AR) games that include manipulatable environmental water pollutants, ways to measure for damage to the salt/freshwater biome, the impact on human health, and potential treatments. 2) A digital science journal that extends learning by reflecting student AR interactions, provides interactive tools to manipulate, model and construct water biomes and potential pollutants, and features citizen science challenges applicable to local environments. 3) An educator support dashboard that enables teachers to monitor in real-time AR student manipulations, responses in student digital science journals, and access scaffolding questions. Upon completion, WaterWays will be marketed as a grade 3-5 curriculum supplement to elementary schools, informal learning centers such as museums, and to families, particularly the home school market. The technical innovations involved in this project include: 1) The creation of animated graphics depicting environmental pollutants and ways damage to fresh and marine biomes impact human health. 2) Our patent-pending educator assessment dashboard that integrates AR activity with a WaterWays content-specific interactive digital media website, enabling teachers to monitor and assess real-time student engagement as students engage with WaterWays.

项目摘要 据美国环境署报告，美国 55% 的溪流和河流 该国的状况“较差”，对鱼类、其他野生动物和人类构成健康风险。当我们越来越意识到 工业用水的污染、过度使用和其他有害方法对我们的水道造成的损害 革命（Venter 等，2016），尽早向年轻学生传授水管理的重要性是关键 告知社会与水资源互动和保护水资源的方式。科学、技术、工程 和数学 (STEM) 课程和活动激发年轻学习者的兴趣并建立他们的信心和自我效能 （德贾内特 2018）。 SBIR FastTrack 奖项将使 Killer Snails, LLC 能够开发沉浸式学习 WaterWays 体验，利用最新的扩展现实 (XR) 技术，搭配 真实的评估，以解决水污染物对人类健康的影响，传达 暴露于水污染物中的潜在人类健康风险，提高环境健康素养 淡水和咸水源，并支持 3-5 年级儿童的公民科学活动。这 WaterWays 的经验将符合下一代科学标准，包括定性和 提供学习证据和教师反馈的定量评估机制。 杀手蜗牛将与西奈山跨学科早期环境中心合作 Exposures、野生动物保护协会和纽约市哈德逊河公园共同创建 WaterWays 具有以下三个集成组件：1) 增强现实 (AR) 游戏，包括 可操纵的环境水污染物、测量盐/淡水生物群落损害的方法、 对人类健康的影响和潜在的治疗方法。 2) 数字科学期刊，通过反思来扩展学习 学生 AR 互动，提供互动工具来操纵、建模和构建水生物群落和潜力 污染物，并以适用于当地环境的公民科学挑战为特色。 3）教育工作者的支持 仪表板使教师能够实时监控 AR 学生的操作以及学生数字化的反应 科学期刊，并访问脚手架问题。竣工后，WaterWays 将作为 3-5 级产品进行销售 为小学、博物馆等非正式学习中心和家庭提供课程补充， 尤其是家庭学校市场。 本项目涉及的技术创新包括： 1）动画图形的创作 描述环境污染物以及对新鲜和海洋生物群落的损害对人类健康的影响。 2) 我们的 正在申请专利的教育者评估仪表板，将 AR 活动与 WaterWays 特定内容集成在一起 交互式数字媒体网站，使教师能够监控和评估实时学生的参与情况 学生参与 WaterWays。